“I did not report [Mark] Halperin to ABC because I thought I was the only one, and I blamed myself, and I was embarrassed and I was scared of him. …I will NOT let stand this Mark Halperin denial of what he physically did to me in this article. Stay tuned.”

— Emily Miller, author, Emily Gets Her Gun.

Rachel Sklar, founder, The List: “So sorry you had to go through that.”

CNN’s Kate Bennett: “Thinking of you.”

Sexual Harassment 101

“If you need to avoid being alone with women to treat them with dignity and not violate their rights, no rule will make you a decent man.” — Kelly Jane Torrance, writer, editor.

The Federalist‘s co-founder Sean Davis replied, “If recent news is any indication, a lot of men in media should have been following the Pence rule.”

Patrick Howley. Sexual harassment. Kevin Spacey.

“‘I heard many stories about Kevin Spacey, who is most definitely a sexual predator. …When you meet him, he might come over and put his hand right on your crotch.'” – A professional-type to me, regarding Kevin Spacey, years ago. I’m glad to say I didn’t ‘meet him.'” — Patrick Howley, editor, founder, Big League Politics.

“I wrote so many stories today and yet my most popular is about Kellyanne Conway and a goddamn squirrel.” — Amber Athey, The Daily Caller.

Indictment assumptions…

“I keep thinking of Manafort running around town today tidying things up while calling home to tell his brother to keep stirring the sauce.” — Matthew Miller, MSNBC justice and security analyst.

More on Mark Halperin…

“Very few narrators had the power that Mark Halperin did to shape the political discourse– which was often specifically about gender.” — Jodi Kantor, NYT.

The Observer

“Covering the Middle East in the Trump age is like reporting from the iceberg about to hit the Titanic while everyone watches the Apprentice.” — Sulome Anderson, Beirut/Brooklyn freelancer, author of The Hostage’s Daughter.

Deep Thoughts With Sally Kohn

“That rumbling sound you hear is mountains of truth just beginning to reach the surface.” — Sally Kohn, writer, activist, and host of STATE OF RESISTENCE podcast.

Tabloid-Gossip Roundup

TMZ: Kevin Spacey comes out of the closet as news surfaces that he tried to molest a 14-year-old in 1986. Turns out Spacey’s “House of Cards” character isn’t so different from the one in real life. The past is not off limits, folks. See here.